SKETCHES OF THE HISTORY OF MAN. In Two Volumes.

Home, Henry (Lord Kames)

Published by Printed for W. Creech, Edinburgh; and for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, London., EDINBURGH, 1774

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Two Volumes, Quarto. xii, 519, [1]; [2], 507, [1] complete with half titles. Fine Contemporary Tree-Calf, raised bands, gilt ruled, red leather gilt lettered titles, oval green leather volume numbers. speckled fore-edges. Armorial Book-Plates 'Bruce of Kinnaird' [James Bruce of Kinnaird born 1730, he attended great fame as an explorer and on his journeys in Abyssina he rediscovered the source of the Blue Nile. He was known to his friends as "the Traveller" and died in 1794 as a result of a fall on the steps of Kinnaird House , when handling a lady into her carriage.] [Important work of the Scottish Enlightenment, presenting a vision of history as progress from savagery to the commercial society of his day. A Scottish jurist and philosopher, Kames (1696-1782) had a major influence on the development of Scottish Enlightenment thought. Kames outlines a theory of history in four stages, from hunting, to shepherding, to agriculture, to commerce. His presentation of history as progress, with the human race maturing from barbarism to civilization, (McGuinness, 119). [ Kames' proteges included James Boswell, David Hume and Adam Smith.] FINE SET, FINE CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Seller Inventory # 1465

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Title: SKETCHES OF THE HISTORY OF MAN. In Two ...

Publisher: Printed for W. Creech, Edinburgh; and for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, London., EDINBURGH

Publication Date: 1774

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Edition: First Edition